War News Items in Brief
The total number of Italian prisoners in the Greek campaign equals 7½ per cent of effectives in Albania at the beginning of the Italo-Greek war…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1941
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War Summary The Balkan Problem
A German move through Bulgaria is expected shortly. It may be direct ed at Salonika with the object of ending the Greek campaign by forcing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor's Policy No National Govt. Statement By Curtin "Discordant War Issue" Canberra
Criticising the renewed agitation in favor of a National Government, the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Curtin, to-day made it clear that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tension Relaxes Far East Position Yugo-Slavia And Nazis Official War Commentary Melbourne
The statement by Lord Halifax that the position in the Far East has not deteriorated during the last few days has caused general relief in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mrs. Collins Mother Of Sydney's Captain Advocates Young War Marriages Advice to Young Mothers
"The greatest job a woman can do is to bring up a family,'' said Mrs. Esther Collins, mother of Captain John Collins, of H.M.A.S. Sydney, in a message…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Import Control Must Be Extender For All-In War Effort Customs Minister Caustic Sydney
Emphasising that there could be no limitation of imports from sterling sources until maximum restrictions had been imposed on non-sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Strategy Defends on Weather Germany's Balkan Plans Official War Commentary Melbourne
Greek forces are successfully resisting strong Italian counterattacks in Albania. Large reinforcements have been sent to General…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japan Offers to Meditate for Peace War Moves Make Tokio Anxious Effect Of Anglo- American Attitude Purpose of Axis Pact Is "Peaceful" Chinese Consul Says Japan Is Weak Singapore View, Position Grave, But Not Alarming TOKIO
"Various alarming reports have reached Japan, purporting to give the impression that the situation in East Asia has become radically tense," said the Foreign Office spokesman, Mr. Ishii, to-day. "We are surprised that some foreign countries have felt undue anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Evans Head Post War Air Port
With a view to developing Evans Head as a commercial air port for northern New South Wales after the war, the Lismore Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Workers Meeting Of Young Women Big Gathering at Grafton
There were 67 enthusiastic young women present at the R.S.S. and A.I.L.A. Women's Auxiliary meeting at Grafton on Monday night last, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Less Tension Japan Conciliatory Turkish- Bulgarian Pact Official War Commentary Melbourne
The conciliatory tone of the statement by Mr. Ishii, the Japanese Cabinet spokesman, is calculated to lessen the tension which has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Orphans Needed in Australia To Swell Population Proposal to British Govt. Canberra
When child evacuation from the war areas to Australia is resumed the Federal Government will probably urge the British authorities to revert to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World of Slaves Ruled by Germans If Nazis Won The War Eullitt Warns America New York
The former American Ambassador to France, Mr. Bullitt, in an address, urging that the defence programme be stepped up, added: "If…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Keep Knitting Soldiers' Socks
Major Eugene Gorman, Australian Comforts Fund Commissioner, urges Australian women to keep on knitting both socks and stockings for Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S. G. Barnes Will Enlist. Melbourne
Immediately the New South Wales cricketer, S. G. Barnes, returns to Sydney after the southern tour he will enlist in the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARACHUTISTS Britain's War Secret Training on Extensive Scale. London
Britain is now training parachute troops on an extensive scale. It is revealed that British parachutists who recently landed in Italy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aid Bill "Intervention," Says Senator "Ready to Go to War." Washington
Describing President Roosevelt's Lease or Lend Bill as "intervention." Senator Joshua Baily (Democrat) said: " I hope this intervention does…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War's Test Burden on Masses To Carry Country Through in Factories and Battlefields Brisbane
In a letter read to-day at the Labor conversation at Southport, the Federal Opposition leader, Mr. Curtin, wrote that the Labor movement faced the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Year in Review Raleigh District Council . P.P.U. Difficult Days with Drought and War Conditions
Delegates in attendance at the annual meeting of the Raleigh District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, at Urunga, on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →So Long, Soldier Boy, So Long
You have answered your Country's Call, You have promised to give your all. In your soul there burns a holy fire,…
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